Beyonce sells 80,000 copies of new album in three hours

There is only one word to describe Beyonce...winning! According to Billboard, Bey reportedly sold 80,000 copies of her new album in three hours.

She took the world by surprise and sent social media, especially Twitter, haywire when she dropped an album out of the blue Thursday night.

Industry sources say Beyonce reportedly sold over 80,000 copies in just a three-hour sales window, which closed at midnight Friday PT. The sales tracking week will end Sunday night.

Billboard says that Beyonce's self-titled fifth solo album will likely debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The chart's top 10 will be revealed on Wednesday, Dec. 18.

It was previously projected that Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences by Garth Brooks would top the charts moving an estimated 150,000-160,000 units and King Bey is already halfway at that sum. Looks like Garth Brooks was blindsided with some stiff competition.

But Garth isn't the only one blindsided by Bey, reportedly only a dozen or so people from Bey's label were even aware of the set being pushed to iTunes Thursday evening. Crazy, right?

Her latest release, a visual album, is an iTunes exclusive featuring 14 tracks and 14 accompanying videos, along with other bonus video content. The tracks will be available for a la carte purchases on Dec. 20.

Beyonce's last studio album 4 sold 310,000 in its debut week in July 2011. The album debuted with a full sales week and a marketing/media push leading up to the release.

Do you think Beyonce can go No. 1 with no marketing push?